Pevchy dyak explained

Pevchy dyak is a historical name of singer's occupation in Russia. They were singers at tsar's court and in church choirs of higher church hierarchs: patriarch, metropolitan, archiereus (bishop of the Eastern Orthodox Church).[1]

The title (in both senses) was abolished by Peter the Great in 1720s during his massive reforms of the Russian state.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Певчий дьяк. Успенский. Я. Д.. Belcanto.ru. ru. 16 April 2020.